novelden Chapter 127 Nothing
Chapter 127 Nothing
"..." Hearing Fei Ling's words, An Ling was silent for a moment. She did not expect that Fei Ling and Qi Na really did not know the truth. However, the puppet technique should only be used by Shui Qing Li herself.
"I...I don't know either." Since Shui Qingli wasn't telling them, he must have his own plans, so An Ling didn't intend to say anything more: "But no matter who it is, we can't resist, can we?"
“That’s true.” Fei Ling smiled wryly, but being able to have a stable life and be with her master again was enough for her.
"But I haven't been able to contact him lately, is it the same for you?" Fei Ling asked, remembering that she hadn't been able to sense Shui Qingli's condition for the past few days.
"Same."
An eerie silence fell over the bedroom.
"I really didn't expect the sixth fairy to be like Fei Ling?" Qi Na exclaimed. "Does the shopkeeper know about this?"
“She couldn’t possibly know.” An Ling’s expression turned sour when Xin Ling was mentioned: “I was never under Xin Ling’s command. I only joined her because of a mission, so there’s no need for me to confide in her.”
"Would we be considered spies?" Fei Ling asked half-jokingly.
"Does your master know?" Zina pondered for a moment before asking.
"You mean Xiaoxiao? She doesn't know either." Anling said bitterly, "I'm a fairy who's destined to have no future, so I shouldn't let Xiaoxiao worry about me."
"Feiling, you should be able to understand me, right?"
“I can understand how you feel. When I was burdened with the mission given to me by Xinling, I probably felt the same way.” Feiling looked sad, as if she had returned to the day of separation: “At that time, I thought I could no longer protect my master, no longer be with my master, and I also resented Xinling for making me a pawn, forcing me to face the fate of returning to nothingness one day from birth.”
“Feiling…” Zina was also affected by Feiling’s emotions. That life-and-death separation was an indelible wound in their hearts: “So that’s why we agreed to that person’s request. Even if it’s the only hope, we have to hold on to it!”
"Yes." Under Qi Na's reassurance, Fei Ling calmed down, but she was still worried about An Ling: "But aren't you afraid that one day your identity will be exposed, and that will make your master sad?"
“I’m not afraid.” An Ling shook her head: “Fei Ling, sometimes I envy you. At least you existed as a ‘fairy’ first and then developed a soul with feelings.”
“But I’m different from you. I don’t know what emotions are, and I can’t understand other people’s emotions. Even the emotions you see are just what I’m acting out.”
An Ling was surprisingly open-minded: "My only purpose in existing is to be a pawn. Once my master no longer needs me, I can cease to exist."
"But...don't you think about yourself?" Fei Ling frowned slightly, seemingly unable to accept such open-mindedness: "Don't you resent the person who made you a pawn? Don't you want to live on? Don't you want to live your own life outside of missions?"
“No.” An Ling said calmly, without any emotion: “Fei Ling, I am different from you. Perhaps in a sense, I cannot be called a fairy at all, not only because of the fairy power and magic that do not belong to me, but also because I do not have my own soul.”
"..." Qi Na and Fei Ling exchanged a glance, both seeing a kind of... sympathy in each other's eyes.
Both being fake fairies, Fei Ling developed feelings because of her encounter with a soul fragment, but An Ling did not.
As a pawn in the same game, Fei Ling developed feelings for Qi Na, which made her feel real and alive, but An Ling couldn't understand it.
Compared to Fei Ling, An Ling is more like a puppet who has nothing, and doesn't even care about having nothing. She is indeed more like a puppet than Fei Ling, but that's not what they want to see.
"I've talked a bit too much tonight." An Ling chuckled self-deprecatingly, but her heart remained completely calm. "It's getting late, so I'll head back now. You should all get some rest."
“Okay,” Fei Ling said. “Let’s pass on any news we get.”
"Hmm." An Ling opened the window, her small figure quickly blending into the dark sky, just as she had never prayed for light in the past.
Watching An Ling leave, both Qi Na and Fei Ling felt a tightness in their chests.
Those who never yearn for light are indifferent to whether or not there is light. Zina knew this, and so did Feiling.
What else can they do for her?
This night is destined to be a sleepless one...
【to be continued…】
[TO BE CONTINUED…]
[LiLi's Words]
Today is another day that Shui Shui got caught in the crossfire!
Lili seems to have created something a bit abstract...